Goobi - ba0d8 - 2020-08-02 18:16:45+0000
Goobi
Thai folding book (samut khoi) containing a fortune-telling manual (Phrommachat), the text illustrated with the twelve animals of the Thai zodiac and their associated attributes, avatars and plants, with ink and colours on paper, dating to c. 1845. Side 1 is comprised of openings 1-36 while side 2 contains openings 37-72. The manuscript is accompanied by a handwritten French translation dated 1847, possibly by Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix, the vicar apostolic of eastern Siam and a close confidant of King Mongkut (Rama IV) of Siam.
Fortune-Telling Manual (Phrommachat)
Thi 1302
Thi_1302
Thai collection
Thai (language)
Approved Category 2017/Manuscript/Folded Book
Approved Place 2018/Asia/Southeast Asia/Thailand
Folded Book
c. 1845
1840
1850
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Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material)
Paper (material)
Pigment (material)
Ink (material)
GOOD
72
120 mm x 157 mm x 34 mm (height x width x depth)
art
Unknown
Unknown
Thailand
Illustration, Opening 1
Illustration, Opening 2
Illustration, Opening 3
Illustration, Opening 4
Illustration, Opening 5
Illustration, Opening 6
Illustration, Opening 7
Illustration, Opening 8
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Illustration, Opening 10
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Illustration, Opening 12
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Illustration, Opening 17
Illustration, Opening 18
Illustration, Opening 19
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Illustration, Opening 21
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Illustration, Opening 26
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Right edge
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